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Fukushima and the 2020 Olympics
What does it mean to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the context of an ongoing nuclear disaster, the effects of which are still being felt by Japanese citizens?
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Greenpeace condemns Japanese government panel’s draft proposal to discharge radioactive water
This proposal poses the least financial cost to Japan but the most immediate threat to the environment and highlights the government’s complete failure to consider safer alternatives.
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J-Village still contaminated – major uncertainties over decontamination and Olympic torch route
Radioactive contamination still remains in the parking lot and the nearby forests at J-Village sports complex in Fukushima prefecture, according to Greenpeace Japan’s most recent survey.
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High-level radiation hot spots found at J-Village, starting point of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay
High-level radiation hot spots have been found at the sports complex where the 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relays will begin.
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Fukushima tragedy: The day of black snow
"I was kicked out of my hometown for doing nothing wrong. It was heartbreaking. Now, Iitate is polluted, and some of my neighbours have died."
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From Hiroshima to now, can nuclear ever be peaceful?
Japan - the only country that has come under a nuclear attack during war and suffered one of the worst nuclear accidents in history - should abandon nuclear power.
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Extinction and Rebellion
"One of the strengths of 1960s social rebellion was a union of art and politics. That spirit appears to be flowering again."
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Japanese government misleading UN on impact of Fukushima fallout on children, decontamination workers
Tokyo, Japan - The Japanese government is deliberately misleading United Nations human rights bodies and experts over the ongoing nuclear crisis in areas of Fukushima.
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Technical failures increase risk of contaminated Fukushima water discharge into Pacific – Greenpeace
"The decision not to develop water processing technology...was motivated by short term cost cutting not protection of the Pacific ocean environment or the health and livelihoods of communities.."
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5 reasons why a floating nuclear power plant in the Arctic is a terrible idea
The world's first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant is now bound for the Arctic. Here's why that is a terrible idea.